Ali Eid

Ali Eid (14 July 1940-25 December 2015) was the General-Secretary of the Arab Democratic Party from 1972 to 2015, preceding Rifaat Eid.

Biography
Ali Eid was born on 14 July 1940 in Burj al-Tabbaneh, Tripoli, Lebanon to a family of Alawites. He studied at the American School in Tripoli before moving to the United States in 1960 to continue his studies in biochemistry, and he was known for his enthusiasm towards peace, revolutionary spirit, and patriotism, and he believed in the same cause as Martin Luther King, Jr.. He later returned home and majored in political science and public administration from the American University in Beirut, and he found out that Alawites did not have many rights under the Lebanese government. In 1972, he formed the Young Alawite Movement and an alliance with President of Syria Hafez al-Assad; that same year, he founded the Arab Democratic Party. In 1996, he gained a grudge against Syria after they were involved in the election of Ahmad Habous to the Alawite Parliament over Ali Eid, and during the Syrian Civil War he kept his party neutral despite their typical pro-Syria views. He died on 25 December 2015 at the age of 75.